· 12/29/1997
Blum Ex Rel. Blum v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Citations
- 705 A.2d 1314
- 1997 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3861
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- doctor’s conclusion that Bendectin causes clubfeet is not generally accepted, and therefore inadmissible under Frye, in part because no published studies have reached that conclusion
- “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
- “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
- “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
- “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
- before scientifically adduced evidence may be admitted at trial it must satisfy the standards established in Frye
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Judges: Beck, Hudock, Cercone
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